Have men really walked on the moon?

Question

Recently I have done a ton of research. Why does NASA have so few pictures of the moon walks? How could they really misplace and lose the greatest footage of modern film? Flag, shadow, and other conspiracy theories and that famous mockumentary aside -- where are all the pictures? And how come the astronauts "can't" remember if they saw stars? What is that about? NASA has so few photos of the actual moonwalk it is ridiculous. If the astronauts really traveled through the radiation belts, how come they didn't take their rings off? Wouldn't radiation conduct and bury itself in jewelry? How come the power cords to the rover don't hover in low gravity? I am really not looking for conpiracy theories, just facts.

Answer 1

1) Twelve 12 American astronauts have walked on the moon.

Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin
Apollo 12: Pete Conrad & Alan Bean
Apollo 13: << failed to land on the moon >>
Apollo 14: Alan Shepard & Edgar (Ed) Mitchell
Apollo 15: David Scott & James Irwin
Apollo 16: John Young & Charles Duke
Apollo 17: Eugene (Gene) Cernan & Harrison Schmidt


2) Why haven't we been back?

a) American astronauts visited the moon on six occasions.

b) The "moon race" was an extension of the cold war. It was mostly about national prestige. We got there first and achieved our primary objective. There was some good science: surveys, measurements, sample collection. But it was mostly about being there first. Once we achieved our primary objective, there was no political will to go back. There still isn't. Perhaps, if we discover He3 or something else valuable, there will be.

c) I used to travel to Crested Butte, Colorado every year to ski. Because I don't go anymore, does it mean that I never went?


3) What about the Van Allen radiation belts? Wouldn't it have killed the astronauts?

The existence of the Van Allen radiation belts postulated in the 1940s by Nicholas Christofilos. Their existence was confirmed in *1958* by the Explorer I satellite launched by the USA.

The radiation in the Van Allen radiation belts is not particularly strong. You would have to hang out there for a week or so in order to get radiation sickness. And, because the radiation is not particularly strong, a few millimeters of metal is all that is required for protection. "An object satellite shielded by 3 mm of aluminum will receive about 2500 rem (25 Sv) per *year*."

"In practice, Apollo astronauts who travelled to the moon spent very little time in the belts and received a harmless dose. [6]. Nevertheless NASA deliberately timed Apollo launches, and used lunar transfer orbits that only skirted the edge of the belt over the equator to minimise the radiation." When the astronauts returned to Earth, their dosimeters showed that they had received about as much radiation as a couple of medical X-rays.


4) The U.S. government scammed everyone?

In 1972, there was a politically motivated burglary of a hotel room in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. There were only about six or eight people who knew about it. However, those people, including Richard M. Nixon, the President of the United States, failed to keep that burglary a secret. It exploded into a scandal that drove the President and a number of others from office.

If six or eight people couldn't keep a hotel room burglary a secret, then how could literally thousands of people could have kept their mouths shut about six faked moon landings? Not just one moon landing, but six of them!


5) What about the USSR?

Even if NASA and other government agencies could have faked the six moon landings well enough to fool the general public, they could NOT have fooled the space agency or military intelligence types in the USSR. The Soviets were just dying to beat us. If the landings were faked, the Soviets would have re-engineered their N-1 booster and landed on the moon just to prove what liars Americans are. Why didn't they? Because the landings were real and the Soviets knew it.


6) Why does the flag shake? Where are the stars? Who took the video of Neil Armstrong?

Take a look at the first two websites listed below. They deal well with all of the technical questions.


7) Finally, please tell us what you would accept as definitive evidence that the six moon landings were real. Is there anything?

Answer 2

I will hazard a guess and say that the only means of getting a craft to travel at near light speed would be by nuclear fusion or even fission. It would be incredibly difficult to prevent an astronaut from the radiation of such a craft. All manned exploration of Space from Yuri Gagarins first orbits of the earth to Apollo 11 and betond has been achieved using chemical rockets, which do not cause radiation poisoning. And yes, we DID, as far as I can ascertan, land on the moon - I've read all the conspiracy books, seen all the TV documentarys been there and bought the T shirt, and I was very disappointed! Not a single theory stands up to scrutiny, and any moon hoax believers out there are welcome to present any new evidence that the landings were fake to me - I'd love to hear something unique, new and original that wont fall down in seconds flat!

Answer 3

Why does NASA have so few pictures of the moon walks?

There are thousands of them. Ask JPL, they used to send out copies of them to whoever asked. Now I'm sure they are archieved somewhere.

And how come the astronauts "can't" remember if they saw stars?

Of course they saw stars. They never said they didn't. You can't see stars in the pictures because the exposure length is too short. Try it yourself under a street lamp before making accusations like this.

If the astronauts really traveled through the radiation belts, how come they didn't take their rings off?

I don't know what the hell you're talking about here, and I'm pretty sure you don't either. No, the radiation doesn't get trapped in jewelry. If they took a vacation in the radiation belt, sure, they'd get sick. They passed through it quickly enough for relative safety.

How come the power cords to the rover don't hover in low gravity?

It's low gravity, not NO gravity. Any gravity at all will cause things to lie on the ground.

Answer 4

No the U.S. never put a man on the moon, and never never made it more than 1/2 way there. How can i say this you ask. Simple. Stay with me here and ill explain.

First. Look at the time period when we supposedly went to the moon. The soviets had just put a satillite into orbit, we we *** deep in Viet Nam, the country was in the lowest of lows patriotically speeking. We had to find a way to jump start emotions and a feeling of how important it would be to be an american. Sooooooo in an effort to beat the soviets to the moon, we faked it. Every bit of it. The actual moon that was seen on TV in 1969 was actually filmed my Stanley Kubrick in a London studio while he was working on his film 2001 space odyssey. How can I say this? Look at the pictures that were suposedly from the moon. There is one with the american flag blowing gently in the wind........ Ummmmmmmmm space is a vaccum there is NO wind. There is one where the crosses that are burned on to the negative plates actuall shows up ON TOP of the subject matter. There is actually a ton of literature out there as well as 2 really good videos that one should view when exploring this subject. The first being "A funny thing happened on the way to the moon" and "When Astronauts Strike" both of these will open the "believers" eyes to the truth.

As for evidence to the contrary. THe Apollo flight that burned up on the launch pad was inspired by the government, because those 3 astronauts were going to come forward and expose the hoax that NASA and the US govenment conspired. What did they get for speaking out? The got burned up on the launch pad!

Answer 5

First of all, I believe the rovers were operated by batteries, not power cords. On the moon landings where the rover was used, I do reacall discussions about whether the astronauts would be able to make another trip to a particular site in case the batteries died and it would be too far to walk back!

Anyway, to answer your question, and stay with me here....

Has man walked on the earth? Yes, even I have walked on the earth. I have felt the sand between my toes.

Has man walked on the moon? No, none of the astronauts felt the moon dust between their toes. They have only been as close to the moon's surface as their suits would allow.

Answer 6

There was a recent History channel documentary on the aspects leading up to the moon landing. After looking into the technology that was secret until now I think that we have. Maybe there were't so many pictures as we would take today because of the secrecy and the technology to document it. If it truly were a scientific mission then that were the focus would be and a small portion dedicated to the documentation process.

Answer 7

Most controversies surround 'the first landing on the moon i.e. the landing by Neil Armstrong'.
It is certain that they have been there afterwards and can certainly go there today, not many are really sure of the first landing. (U.S. was desperate to get somewhere, as the U.S.S.R. had already been into space. They could or may be couldn't have done or not done this in desperation!) We shall for long be stuck in controversies until they themselves start answering questions rather than mere 'experts'.

Answer 8

Yes, the people who are SO skeptical about men walking on the moon also believe in homeopathy and space aliens, so I wouldn't take their research seriously.

Answer 9

Yes they have. For answers to these and other questions about the moon landing, go here

http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html

Answer 10

how do u know they didn't take their rigns off? theres no way u can see their fingers w/ those huge spacesuits on

yes, men (and women) have walked on the moon
didn't they even take a monkey up there?